import googl client = googl.Googl("API_key") result = client.shorten("http://code.google.com/p/python-googl-client/") print result >>> { u'kind': u'urlshortener#url', u'id': u'http://goo.gl/bUnil', u'longUrl': u'http://code.google.com/p/python-googl-client/' } print client.expand(result["id"]) >>> { u'status': u'OK', u'kind': u'urlshortener#url', u'id': u'http://goo.gl/WubiJ', u'longUrl': u'http://code.google.com/p/python-googl-client/' } 

client_login = googl.get_client_login("login", "pass") client = googl.Googl("API_key", client_login=client_login)